Nutria

UPCOMING GIGS

March 28, 2018Three Keys at the ace hotelCD RELEASE PARTY!

NEWS

Mardi Gras 2018

Thank you everyone who came out to see "Wary Heat" this past weekend. Our collaboration with the Marigny Opera Ballet and choreographer Diogo De Lima was so loved last year that it was reprised during this January's "Jazz Ballets" program. It was a beautiful weekend of performances. Big news: new tour dates up! Look out Midwest! And we'll be releasing our new record, Call To The Air, in March as well. Look out for more details. Until then, happy Carnival, see you out in the streets! Mardi Gras is only 14 days away!

September 2017

Thank you, Northeast of the US, for a lovely August tour. We got out of the heat and played some amazing shows, some fancy, some DIY, and met some amazing people. As soon as we got back to New Orleans, we hit the studio, cutting the next record. It's gonna sound amazing, and we can't wait to lay it on your ear-drums. It's being mixed, mastered and released by Jeff Albert of Breakfast 4 Dinner Records, and is due out post-Mardi Gras. Look out, we're psyched! In addition, it's long past time, America, to take down ALL monuments to white supremacy, and with them all forms of oppression endemic to our society! Black Lives Matter!

Summer 2017

We're thrilled to announce our upcoming August tour! See above for details, it is a jam-packed action adventure trip to the Northeast, our first time there (though one of us is from there). Look out Durham, DC, Baltimore, Philly, Boston, Maine and Vermont! Especially come see us at the Kennedy Center on August 6th. Woo! Oh, and call your Senators! Don't let the regime take away our health care!!

Jazz fest 2017

Happy Jazz Fest, y'all! We are hard at work and have some exciting news to share, but in due time. Stay tuned for new tour dates -- we'll be coming to the Northeast in August! We're also working on the new record, tentative release date for Spring 2018. Look out for it all! In the meantime, happy listening out there, jazz fans!

Mardi Gras 2017

Happy Mardi Gras everyone! The season is certainly upon us, and we and our fellow New Orleanians are taking advantage of this annual catharsis to fortify ourselves for the long year to come. We must keep fighting against hate and injustice through 2017. And let's take this pause in the calendar to celebrate life and community. That said, we're coming off a really successful "Art of Jazz" premiere. Thanks to everyone who came out and shared that experience with us. And this week we are announcing our upcoming March tour dates! Check out the Tour section to see where we'll be -- Look out Des Moines, Minneapolis, Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Madison, we're coming atchya!

January 2017

Happy New Year! 2017 is already crazy. Just a quick update from us: we're deep in rehearsals for our "Art Of Jazz" premiere, February 9, 10, and 12 at 8pm at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans. More details and promo to come. And we're planning another tour to the Midwest for mid-March. Confirmed stops include Minneapolis, Chicago and Indianapolis. Stay tuned and stay strong!

October 2016

We are thrilled to announce that we have been commissioned by the Marigny Opera Ballet company at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans to write a piece for the premiere of their "Art Of Jazz" performance in February. Brazilian powerhouse dancer and choreographer Diogo De Lima will be choreographing our composition, and we will be performing it live with the dancers at the performances in February. We're in good company as well -- the two other composers involved with the project are local legends Helen Gillet and Lawrence Sieberth. Stay tuned for more info!

summer 2016

Welcome to the new website for Nutria! We're back from our first significant tour out of New Orleans, up the Mississippi River, performing in jazz clubs, rock clubs and art spaces throughout the South and Midwest. It was a great trip, and we're looking forward to more in 2016-2017. Stay tuned for a special announcement in the coming weeks... Big things in the works for Nutria!!

Check out the press for "Jazz Ballets" at the Marigny Opera House, here and here featuring our composition "Wary Heat," choreographed by Diogo De Lima! NolaVie calls it "sultry" and "mesmerizing."

"There's a clear strategic intelligence and inventiveness at work with this jazz trio... a range of musical influences showing a substantial depth of artistic resourcefulness..." - KEVIN LYNCH, No Depression magazine (Full review HERE)

"These three musicians have been heard in various settings, performing in a range of styles on the New Orleans music scene... Together as Nutria, they have the opportunity to enjoy complete freedom of expression." GERALDINE WYCKOFF, Offbeat Magazine (Full review HERE)